After the final loss of the season, Chris Boettcher talked about the “bright future” awaiting Southern Utah women's basketball. Bright or not, that future won’t include him.

Southern Utah has fired Boettcher after four years at the helm.

“On behalf of the University and the Cedar City community, I want to thank coach Boettcher for his work ethic and dedication to the women’s basketball program,” SUU athletic director Debbie Corum said in a statement. “We wish him the best in his future endeavors.”

Boettcher went 29-92 in his four seasons at SUU and only won 14 games over his last three years. The past season was the low mark for the program under Boettcher as the T-Birds went just 3-27. Even with a year left on his contract, that record was simply not good enough to save his job.

Corum has worked closely with two of the most successful women’s college basketball programs in NCAA history. She saw what Tennessee was able to build with Pat Summitt while working at the SEC and she oversaw the UConn dynasty while working as an administrator at the school. She’s not even used to seeing mediocre women’s hoops — and SUU has been far below mediocre the last few seasons.

Boettcher took over the SUU program at its highest point. In 2013-14, the T-Birds won 25 games, including a 15-5 conference mark to win the regular season Big Sky championship. SUU earned a spot in the women's NIT and won its first-round game of the tournament. Boettcher wasn't able to sustain that success.

Boettcher went 14-15 in his first season, 5-27 in his second year and 7-23 in his third before finishing off with a three-win season this past year. The three wins are a record-low for SUU since moving to Division 1.